Me: I am home! Let's go outside and play. C: YES I HAVE BEEN LOCKED UP FOR FIVE MILLION EONS!!!!! M: *mumbles something* Me: What, Mina? I cannot hear what you are saying through that toy in your mouth. M: *mumbles more vehemently* Me: Seriously Mina, take the damn toy out of your mouth, then try it. M: *glares* C: OUTSIDE TO THE PLAY ZONE PLEASE!!!! Me: *grabs flirt pole* Alright team, let's go play! C: TEAM CELESTE FOR THE PLAY TIME!

C: THE SUN HAS LANDED ON MY NOSE AND I AM GOING TO DIE, PLEASE LET ME CHASE MY TOY NOW PLEASE Me: *flings flirt pole around for Celeste to chase* Isn't this fun?!? M: *drops toy* If by fun, you mean it is hot enough to melt metal, then yes, I am having the most enjoyable time of my life. *picks up toy* Me: Well, fine, you don't have to be so sarcastic. C: THERE IS THE TOY AND IT HAS STOPPED MOVING SO I HAVE KILLED IT. YOU NEED TO MAKE IT MOVE AGAIN SO I CAN KILL IT AGAIN! Me: Oh, sorry. *twirls flirt pole, accidentally sends it sailing over Mina into tree*

C: MY PREY HAS LEARNED HOW TO FLY AND MUST BE DEWINGED AND PUT BACK IN ITS PLACE WHICH IS IN MY MOUTH!!!!!!! M: *spits out toy disgustedly* You tried to kill me, minion. First with the heat, now with that godawful ugly device Celeste calls a toy. C: IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND HANGING FROM A TREE, COME TO ME BEAUTIFUL TOY. *leaps up at flirt pole, misses, lands on Mina*

M: That's it! *snarls at Celeste* You are on my list of Very Bad Dogs. And you! *glares at me* You are on my list of Very Bad Minions. *picks up toy* *mumbles* *spits out toy* I am no longer speaking to either of you, understand? Except for this very moment in which I tell you I am not speaking to you. But now? Not so much. *picks up toy and trots into apartment* C: OH MY DOG-GOD I HAVE BEEN SNARLED AT BY MINA AND NOW I MUST JUST LEAP OFF A BUILDING AND DIE. BUT PLEASE GIVE ME MY HANGING TOY FIRST, OKAY? Me: *disentangles toy from tree* Fine. Here. C: *nibbles on toy a bit* IT HAS LOTS ITS CHARM. *goes inside apartment*